Who is Nostradamus?

Michel de Nostredame (Michael of Our Lady) Known as Nostradamus. He was born in the South of France in 1503 where he studied the humanities. He obtained his doctorate in philosophy and medicine at the age of twenty-six. Later, he was appointed adviser and personal physician to the Kings of France, a post which he retained through the reigns of Henry II, Francis II, and Charles IX. A member of the Third Order of St. Francis, he enjoyed the friendship of Pope Pius IV. He was a devout Catholic all his life, and he died in 1566.

Nostradamus Predictions

Nostradamus
is one of the most famous men in the topic of prophecies or
predictions. He wrote his first book of Quatrains, four line
predictions, in 1555 and books are still being rolled out today.
There is even a Nostradamus For
Dummies. Following are a few of the
clearest evidence that he could accurately predict the future. Below
it will follow his best predictions of our scary future.

Death of Henry II

Prediction:

"The young
lion will overcome the older one,
On the field of combat in a single battle;
He will pierce his eyes through a golden cage,
Two wounds made one, then he dies a cruel death."

What
happened: In the summer of 1559
King Henry II of France (older one)
lined up to joust the Comte de Montgomery (young
lion), six years his junior, on the
fields of France (field of combat).

Both had lions on their shields.

In their final pass Montgomery's lance tilted up,
and burst through the king's visor splintering to pieces.

Two shards, one
through the eye (pierce his eyes
through a golden cage), and one
through the temple, lodged in the king's head (Two
wounds made one).

Henry suffered for
10 days (then he dies a cruel death)
before dying in his bed.

The Great Fire of London

Prediction:

"The
blood of the just will be demanded of London Burnt by fire
in the year '66 The ancient Lady will fall from her high
place And many of the same sect will be killed."

What
happened: The small fire that
started in the bakery of Thomas Farriner on Pudding Lane in London
September 2, 1666 (in the year '66)
turned into a three day blaze that consumed the city. "The
blood of the just will be demanded of London" obviously
refers to the murder and persecution of Catholic priests and laymen
that Protestantism unleashed after the British rejected the Catholic
Faith.

French Revolution

Prediction:

"From
the enslaved populace, songs,
Chants and demands While princes and lords are held captive
in prisons. These will in the future by headless idiots
Be received as divine prayers."

What
happened: In 1789, the French
people decided they'd had enough of poor aristocratic rule and
revolted.

The peasants
(enslaved populace)
took control of Paris and forced their demands on royalty.

The aristocracy
(princes and lords) were taken
from power were locked in the Bastille (prisons)
and beheaded at the guillotine.

Napoleon

Prediction:

"PAU,
NAY, LORON will be more of fire than of the blood,
To swim in praise, the great one to flee to the confluence.
He will refuse entry to the Piuses,
The depraved ones and the Durance will keep them imprisoned. "

The capitalization hints that something is hidden
within the words and to look further.

Rearranging them spells out NAPAULON ROY, or
Napoleon the King in French.

(More of fire
than of the blood), refers to
Napoleon's non-noble lineage and the (refuse
entry to the Piuses) speaks to Popes
Pius VI and VII, both imprisoned by Napoleon.

Charles De Gaulle

Prediction:

"Hercules
King of Rome and of Annemark,
Three times one surnamed de Gaulle will lead,
Italy and the one of St Mark to tremble,
First monarch, renowned above all."

What
happened: Charles de Gaulle (de
Gaulle), was a three time (Three
times) leader of France.

First as leader of the Free French Forces, then as
prime minister of the provisional post WWII government, then as the
first president of the French Fifth Republic.

The Atomic Bomb

Prediction:

"Near
the gates and within two cities There will be scourges the
like of which was never seen, Famine within plague, people
put out by steel, Crying
to the great immortal God for relief."

What
happened: In early August 1945 the
United States dropped two atomic weapons on the island of Japan, in
(within two cities)
Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

The utter man-made
devastation before unheard of (There
will be scourges the like of which was never seen)
and suffering endured by those in the blast and the radiation
poisoning suffered by those who escaped the immediate detonation
(Crying
to the great immortal God for relief).

Other Predictions

Here are some other
Nostradamus predictions that seem to be about our current future...

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"I
find that learning shall be at a great loss, and that so many great
floods shall happen before the universal conflagration, that there
shall scarcely be any land that shall not be covered with water, and
this shall last so long that except from what lives on mountains and
in waters, all shall perish. Before and after these floods, however,
there shall be such scarcity of rain and such a great deal of fire,
and burning stones shall fall from heaven, that nothing unconsumed
shall remain. The world shall be so diminished, and so few men shall
be left unearth, that not enough will be found to plow the fields,
and these will stay in fallow as long as they had once been tilled."

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"For
seven days the great star shall be seen, As if two Suns in the sky
should appear. The big Mastiff shall be howling all night, When the
Pontiff shall go into exile. (The Comet, the earthquakes) …
During the time the hairy star appears . . . Struck from heaven,
shaky peace, shaking earth ... (The Rain of Stones) … New
downpour, sudden, impetuous, Unexpected, shall hinder two armies.
Stone, Heaven, Fire, shall fall over the sea …"

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"...
plague, long famine and wars, and still more floods from now until
the stated time. Before and after these, humanity shall several times
be so severely diminished that scarcely anyone shall be found who
wishes to take over the fields, which shall become free where they
had previously been tied. This will be after the visible judgement of
heaven..."

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"…
because now the sword of death approaches us, with pestilence and war
more horrible than there has ever been - because of three men's work
- and famine. And this sword shall smite the earth and return to it
often, for the stars confirm this upheaval and it is also written: I
shall punish their injustices with iron rods, and shall strike them
with blows."

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"The
Great Star will blaze for

Seven
days, The Cloud will cause two

suns
to appear.

The
Huge dog will howl at night

When
the great pontiff will

Change
lands."

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"During
the appearance of

The
Bearded Star, the three

great
princes will be made

enemies.
The shaky peace on

earth
will be struck by fire

from
the skies. Po, The

winding
Tiber, a serpent placed

on
the shore."

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"MABUS
will soon die,

Then
will come a horrible

slaughter
of people and animals

At
once vengance revealed coming

from
a hundred hands

Thirst
and Famine when

The
Comet shall pass"

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"After
a great misery for

mankind,
an ever greater approaches

The
great cycle of the centuries

renewed,
it will rain blood, milk,

famine,
war disease

In
the sky will be seen a great fire

dragging
a trail of sparks."

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"The
great mountain, one mile

in
circumference, After peace,

war,
famine flooding...

It
will spread far, drowning

antiquities
and their mighty

foundations."

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"Then
shall there be against the Church a greater persecution than ever
was. And thereupon such great epidemics shall develop that more than
two-thirds of the world shall perish, so much so that no one shall
know the owners of the fields and houses, and grass shall grow in the
streets of the cities knee-high and even more.

"In
those days of desolation the largest cities will be depopulated, and
he who would return therein shall be struck by the wrath of God. And
the Sacred Place shall be turned into a stable for cattle, large and
small, and put to profane uses. O what a calamitous time shall it be
for women with Child! (Cf. Matt. 24:19).

"And
during the said astrological computations, in harmony with Holy Writ,
the persecution against the clergy shall have its beginning in the
power of the North united with the East, and it shall last eleven
years, or a little less, when the chief northern ruler shall fall,
and his southern ally shall persecute the Church even more for three
years by the apostolical seduction of one who has absolute power over
the militant Church of God.

"The
holy people of God, the keepers of His law, and all the religious
orders shall be grievously persecuted and afflicted, so much that the
blood of the true ecclesiastics shall flow all over. One of these
horrible temporal rulers shall be highly praised by his followers for
having spilled more of the innocent ecclesiastics' human blood than
anyone could do with wine. The said ruler shall commit incredible
crimes against the Church, and human blood shall run in the streets
and in the churches as water after a heavy rainstorm. And the rivers
shall also be red with blood."

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"The
Communists will at first try to deceive, but as soon as they think
they are masters of the whole world they will know no restraint and
will begin to liquidate people by the million. However, a stupendous
phenomenon will thwart their plans. Taking advantage of this, a
number of military leaders will rebel and will deprive Communism of
its "two swords", leaving only the symbols of these. These
symbols will make a last attempt to arouse the people's enthusiasm,
but in vain. The Great King to be will then be known, and the people
will follow him in order to free themselves from the slavery they had
themselves consented to. They will take up arms, and the uprising
will begin in a city astride two rivers. Finally, the supreme
Communist ruler himself will be unseated and put in the pillory.

"Then,
within the same year and through the following years, a most horrible
epidemic of plague shall break out, caused by the preceding famine,
and such great tribulations as never have happened since the
foundation of the Christian Church in the Latin regions, not even in
Spain where traces remain. Thereupon, the third ruler of Aquila,
hearing the cries of anguish of the peoples of his principal title,
shall raise up so great an army, and shall retrace the steps of his
ancestors in order to put most nations back on their feet again.
"Then, shall the Great Vicar of the Cope be restored in his
former estate."

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"For
God's mercy will be poured forth only for a certain time, my son,
until the majority of my prophecies are fulfilled and this
fulfillment is complete. Then several times in the course of the
doleful tempests the Lord shall say: Therefore I shall crush and
destroy and show no mercy; and many other circumstances shall result
from floods and continual rain of which I have written more fully in
my other prophecies, composed at some length, not in a chronological
sequence, in prose, limiting the places and times and exact dates so
that future generations will see, while experiencing these inevitable
events, how I have listed others in clearer language, so that despite
their obscurities these things shall be understood: When the time
comes for the removal of ignorance, the matter will be clearer
still."

Who is Nostradamus?

Nostradamus was a
French seer living in the 16th century. His predictions of the future
are some of the most famous in history, and continue to enjoy
widespread popularity to the current day. With the exception of
Biblical prophets, his visions are by far the most well-known of the
many seers who have existed over the past few centuries.

Nostradamus was born
Michel de Nostredame at the dawn of the 16th century, to a notary and
grain dealer. In his early adult years, Nostradamus practiced as an
apothecary. He attended medical school for a period, but was expelled
when his past as an apothecary was discovered. The next few years of
his life were spent battling the plague in France and Italy.

As a physician he came
to specialize in the Plague, on which he was recognized as one of the
foremost experts: in his 'Traité des fardemens', though, he
frankly admits that none of his cures actually had much effect on the
disease - not even the bleeding that some commentators insist that he
never used.

He was also famed as a
mathematician and astrologer. On his semi-retirement in around 1550
he turned to writing. Apart from a highly popular cookbook (actually,
a 'Treatise on Cosmetics and Conserves') and a number of academic
works, his main fields were astrology (with which, as a contemporary
doctor, he was of course already fully conversant) and prophecy. This
brought him into great public prominence, and he became particularly
influential at the French court. He also invested heavily in local
public works - notably the irrigation of the vast Plaine de la Crau
just to the west of his adopted home-town of Salon-de-Provence, a
scheme whose results (like his house in the town) can still be seen
today. Twice married, he had two children by his first wife Henriette
d'Encausse (all three died) and six by his second.

In his late forties,
Michel de Nostredame changed his name to the Latin Nostradamus, and
began publishing tracts. He began writing yearly almanacs, which
contained among them thousands of prophecies. These almanacs began to
do quite well commercially, and their success prompted many
distinguished people to request individual astrological consultations
from Nostradamus.

Nostradamus was notably
not much of an astrologer, however, and charts he prepared are
consistently riddled with simple factual errors. Generally he
requested his clients supply their own astrological charts for him to
interpret. The success of his almanacs and private consultations led
Nostradamus to undertake a more ambitious project, in the form of a
massive book of prophetic quatrains, the remains of which are the
work for which he is most well known.

Nostradamus had a
positive relationship to the Church. Nonetheless, he was always wary
of inciting the wrath of the Inquisition, particularly once his
prophecies started attracting attention. Although he was clear that
he used no magic to make his prophecies and the Inquisition had no
suspicion about him, people nevertheless began to accuse him of being
in league with the Devil to tell the future.

As a way of dealing
with this, Nostradamus obfuscated his prophecies somewhat. The
majority of the prophecy found in his major collection are in the
form of quatrains, often using word play and various Classical
languages to hide their meanings. This additionally allows a number
of interpretations to be placed on each quatrain, helping to ensure
that those who wish to find truth in them can match them to actual
events as they occur.

Nostradamus drew
heavily on Biblical allusions and prophecies to make his own
predictions of the future. As well as adding a certain amount of
weight to his writing, this also helped bolster his claims that his
insights were spiritually guided, rather than being the work of the
Devil. Many of Nostradamus' prophecies reference events that occur in
the Old and New Testaments, and draw upon characters from the Bible
as well.

Throughout his work,
Nostradamus rejected the label of "prophet," holding that
in reserve for the Biblical prophets who he viewed as truly inspired
by a direct connection with God. His work he instead presented as
rationalist, looking at planetary alignments in history, and
correlating future events with events that happened in the past.
Nostradamus never claimed to use any special forms of trance or
mysticism to do his work, but rather presented it as an exercise of
the mind, similar in form and function to the other natural sciences
of the age.

Nostradamus died of
gout in 1566, at 62, after supposedly predicting his own death to his
secretary the night before. His works continued to be fairly popular
for a time after his death, with the majority of the prophecies
published together in 1568. Although most of his other works, such as
the Almanacs which led to his fame in his lifetime, or the Orus
Apollo, soon fell into obscurity, the Prophecies themselves saw a
massive resurgence in the wake of the 19th century. The Prophecies by
Nostradamus continue to be applied to major world events, and will
likely continue to be applied to events well into the future.

Timeline of His Life

1503 December 14

Michel de Nostredame
born at St-Remy-de-Provence, allegedly at noon.

1501 September 2

Michel's father, Jaume,
enrolled as notary of St-Remy.

1510 July 8

Jaume recorded as
'notary and merchant'.

1517 March to June

Jaume recorded as
'notary and scribe'.

1518 June/July

Michel's brother
Bertrand baptized.

1519(?)

Michel starts his
studies at Avignon.

1520

Plague sweeps Provence,
the university closes, Nostredame commences nine years of wandering
and medicinal research, eventually becoming an apothecary.

1522 February 19

His brother Jean
baptized.

1523 April 27

His brother Antoine
baptized.

1529 October 23

Nostredame enrolls in
the student body of the Medical Faculty at Montpellier. October (?)
He is expelled from the student body again on the grounds that he has
been an apothecary and, as such, has been rude about doctors. October
23 Having presumably got himself reinstated, he enrolls in the
Medical Faculty itself to study for his doctorate.

1530 September 17

The ex-monk and scholar
François Rabelais joins him at the Montpellier Medical Faculty
to take his baccalaureate.

After losing his wife
and two children to an epidemic, Nostredame quarrels with Scaliger,
is engaged in litigation with his wife's family, provokes the
interest of the Inquisition of Toulouse with an unwise remark and
leaves Agen for a new period of wandering 'through many lands and
countries'.

1540

His father Jaume and
uncle Pierre, originally of Jewish ancestry, officially naturalized
as Frenchmen.

1540

Michel's brother
Bertrand marries Thomime Rousse.

1544

Michel studies the
plague and its treatment at Marseille under the eminent physician
Louis Serre.

1545

His brother Jean
recorded as a lawyer at Aix-en-Provence.

1546

His brother Hector
marries Anthonete Morguete.

1546 June

Nostredame summoned to
Aix to fight a major plague outbreak. Summoned to Salon-de-Provence
to fight a further outbreak there, he seemingly meets his future
second wife.

1547

Summoned to Lyon to
combat an unidentified epidemic, he quarrels with local physician
Philibert Sarrazin, who apparently retires in disgust to nearby
Villefranche. February Michel's father Jaume dead. Michel's brother
Jean becomes official Solicitor, then Attorney to the Parlement of
Provence at Aix. November 11 Nostredame, back in Salon, marries Anne
Ponsarde, known as Gemelle ('the Twin').

1548

Nostredame leaves for
Italy, where he is eventually seen in Venice, Genoa and Savona.

1549

Still in Italy,
possibly heading south for Sicily.

1550

Back in Salon,
Nostredame publishes his first annual Almanac as Nostradamus. His
brother Antoine recorded as official tax-collector at St-Remy.

1551

Nostradamus's second
annual Almanac published. His first child Madeleine born.

1552 April 1st

His cosmetics manual
and cookbook, the Trait‚ des fardemens et confitures finished,
but not published. His Almanac for 1553 published in Lyon.

1553

Almanach for 1554
published in Lyon. Nostradamus supplies facetious Latin inscription
for new public fountain at Salon.

1554 March 10

He observes falling
meteorite and writes to the Governor of Provence about it. April 1st
He reaches Century I.42. Two-headed infant brought from nearby Senas
for his inspection. Two-headed kid brought from nearby Aurons for his
inspection. Almanac for 1555 published in Lyon. His first son Cèsar
born.

1555

His Trait‚ des
fardemens et confitures published by Volant of Lyon. April 30 Royal
privilege for first edition of Propheties granted. May 4 First
edition of Propheties (first 353 verses) published by Bonhomme of
Lyon and Roux of Avignon. May 20/ Having been summoned by Queen
Catherine de Mèdicis for July 27 consultation, Nostradamus
passes through Lyon on his way to the court in Paris. August 15
Arrives in Paris and is allegedly escorted by High Constable Anne de
Montmorency to the royal castle of St-Germain-en-Laye. After an
attack of gout, he is dispatched to Blois to examine the seven royal
children: allegedly reports back that 'All your sons will be kings'.
September/ Having allegedly been advised that he is about to be
investigated in October by the Paris justices, he hurriedly returns
to Salon.

1556

His brother Bertrand
starts building works at the Mas de Roussan, just to the west of
St-Remy. Inscription over doorway at Turin claims that 'Nostradamus
stayed here'. July 27 Nostradamus signs legal document investing 200
crowns in Adam de Craponne's local canal-project. First edition of
Propheties republished in Avignon. The Trait‚ published in
Paris and Lyon. October (?) Almanac for 1557 published in Lyon and
Paris.

1557

Almanac for 1557
republished in Paris. March 14 Nostradamus in middle of writing to
King Henry II the dedicatory letter to the final section of his
Propheties. July Almanac for 1558 published in Lyon. Italian
translation of Almanac for 1558 published in Milan. His brother
Antoine Attorney for the town of St-Remy. Nostradamus's free
translation of Menodotus's Paraphrase de Galen published by Du Rosne
of Lyon. His Trait‚ republished in Antwerp. September 6 Second
edition of Propheties (first 642 verses) published by Du Rosne of
Lyon. November 3 The seer's second son, André, born. November
13 Pirated version of second edition of Propheties (first 639 verses
only) published under the name of Du Rosne of Lyon, with a notable
decline in quality.

1558

Almanac for 1558
republished in Lyon and Antwerp. June 27 Nostradamus finishes
dedicatory letter to King Henry II to accompany the now-completed
thousand prophecies. His brother Antoine one of three consuls for
St-Remy. His translation of Menodotus's paraphrase of Galen published
by Du Rosne of Lyon. Last three Centuries published by De Tournes of
Lyon. October (?) Almanac for 1559 published in Lyon. Pirated edition
of 1559 Almanac published in London. Nostradamus's second daughter
Anne born.

1559

Two official English
translations of the 1559 Almanac published in London. August His Les
Significations de l'Eclipse qui sera le 16 Septembre published in
Paris and, in translation, in London. His Paraphrase de C. Galen
republished by Du Rosne of Lyon. December Marguerite de Valois, on
her way back from the funeral of her brother King Henri, arrives at
Salon and is welcomed in words composed by Nostradamus. A
consultation ensues.

1560

Almanac for 1560
translated and published in Germany. Nostradamus invests 200 more
crowns in Craponne's canal. Trait‚ des fardemens republished by
Volant of Lyon. October/ Almanac for 1561 published in Paris and, in
translation, in November London. December William Fulke publishes a
violent denunciation of Nostradamus in England in the course of his
Antiprognosticon.

1561 April 14

Nostradamus temporarily
leases a house in Avignon to avoid peasant disturbances in Salon.
July 15 He returns with his family to Salon. The Prophesies
plagiarized by Barbe Regnault of Paris. Le Remede tres utile contre
la peste..., an extract from his Traité, published in Paris.
Nostradamus, summoned to Turin, predicts a son for Duke Emmanuel
Philibert and Marguerite de Valois, as well as the Duke's death 'when
a nine precedes a seventh'. Sixains possibly started. September
Diane, Nostradamus's youngest daughter, born. October (?) Almanac for
1562 published in Lyon and Paris. October 31 He writes to Jean de
Morel in Paris, at last repaying him debts incurred during his Paris
visit of 1555. December 16 Having published his 1562 Almanac without
the required authorization from a bishop, he is arrested by his
friend Claude de Tende, Governor of Provence, thrown into jail at
Marignane, but then quickly released again.

1562 February 4

He replies to the
Canons of Orange, advising them how to recover their lost treasures
and enclosing a horoscope. February 13 He invests 100 more crowns in
Craponne's canal. Almanac for 1563 published in Lyon and Avignon and,
in translation, in Italy.

1563

English translation of
Almanac for 1564 published in London.

1564 October 17

The young King Charles
IX and his mother Catherine de Médicis, reaching Salon on
their two-year progress through the country, are welcomed by
Nostradamus and entertain him and his family at the castle. October
18(?) He 'spots' the future Henri IV among the vast royal retinue
and, after examining the boy for tell-tale moles and birth-marks,
prepares his horoscope. October (?) Almanac for 1565 published in
Lyon and, in Italian translation, in Genoa. November (?) Summoned for
further royal consultations at Arles, he recommends the proposed
marriage of Charles to Elizabeth of England, is awarded 300 crowns
and appointed Councilor and Physician in Ordinary to the King, with a
pension to match.

1565

Almanac for 1565
republished in Lyon. Anne Ponsarde, Nostradamus's wife, invests 100
more crowns in Craponne's canal. November Almanac for 1566, published
in Lyon, predicts a 'strange transmigration' for July 1st. December
21 Nostradamus writes to the Queen in his capacity as Royal
Councilor, predicting some auspicious piece of good fortune for the
kingdom.

1566

Almanac for 1566
published in Italian and English. English translation of Almanac for
1566 published in London. June 15 Royal privilege granted for
publication of the 1567 Almanac. June 17 Nostradamus, mortally ill
with dropsy (edema), draws up his will, leaving everything (including
cash amounting to 3444 crowns and 10 sous) to his wife in trust for
his children. June 20 He adds a codicil bequeathing his ring and
astrolabe to Cèsar and some furniture and effects to
Madeleine. June 30 (?) He writes in Latin 'Death is close at hand' on
a copy of Jean Stadius's recently-published astronomical tables. July
1st He tells his secretary Chavigny 'You will not see me alive at
sunrise.' July 2 Nostradamus is found dead and almost cold in his
room: subsequently buried in the local Franciscan chapel with full
civic honors. October (?) Almanac for 1567 published in French,
Italian and English.

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